3D Character Creation in Cinema 4D: Modeling a Happy Monster

Learn to model, sculpt, texture and render beautiful 3D characters in Cinema 4D. Poly modeling C4D course.

Created byMoy Lobito

Last updated 6/2017

English

What you'll learn

Model beatutiful and cool looking 3D cartoony monster.
Understand the character modeling pipeline in Cinema 4D.
Create 3D objects and characters that are animation friendly.
Create hand painted textures in Cinema 4D's Body Paint.
Lit a 3D scene using HRDIs.

Course content

7 sections • 27 lectures • 2h 13m total length

Introduction1:31
Work Along and Take Notes
Work along and take notes on the most important information from this course.

Modeling the Base Mesh6:38
In this lesson we will use a sphere to create the base mesh for our monster character.
Modeling the Arms and Legs7:55
In this lesson we will continue modeling our character, and we will add the arms and legs to complete the base mesh.
Modeling the Tail6:27
In this lesson we will model a simple tail to give a little bit of personality to our character.
Practice Activities - Section 2
A short list of activities that will help you reinforce your new knowledge and will lead you to become a better 3D artist.

Modeling the Eyes7:50
In this lesson we will model the eyes sockets for our character. Then we will use a simple sphere to make the eyes.
Modeling the Mouth3:53
In this lesson we will model the character's mouth.
Modeling the Horns5:09
In this lesson we will model the character's horns using a cube as the base object.
Modeling the Teeth4:22
In this lesson we will use a simple cube as the base to create the teeth for our character. We will also modify the eyes to make them look better.
Practice Activities - Section 3
A short list of activities that will help you reinforce your new knowledge and will lead you to become a better 3D artist.

Makig Symmetrical Objects Work Independently8:58
In this lesson we will convert all of our symmetrical objects into separate objects that work independently.
Preparing the Objects for UV Mapping8:19
In this lesson we will make a series of edge selections that will help us create proper UVs for our character.
UV Mapping - Part 18:03
In this video we will use Body Paint to start mapping the character's UVs.
UV Mapping - Part 212:09
In this video we will finish the UV mapping process.

Painting the Body6:45
In this lesson we will use Cinema's Body Paint to create the hand painted textures for our character's body.
Painting the Horns6:23
In this lesson we will paint the horn textures in Cinema's Body Paint.
Texturing the Eyes5:42
In this lesson we will use Photosohp to texture the character's eyes.
Practice Activities - Section 6
A short list of activities that will help you reinforce your new knowledge and will lead you to become a better 3D artist.

Requirements

Students taking this course should know the basics of Cinema 4D and 3D in general.
Students should have Cinema 4D installed in their computers.
Students must have a desire to learn and practice new 3D skills starting from Day 1.

Description

In this course you will learn the process of creating a 3D character in Cinema 4D. We will start with an empty file and work our way up to modeling, sculpting, texturing, and rendering a 3D character that looks awesome and is animation friendly.

We will get the most out of the different tools that Cinema 4D offers, implementing different modeling and texturing techniques that will make your 3D life much easier for this and any future projects you work.

We will create the UVs and texture our character using Cinema 4D's Body Paint to get a set of nice looking hand painted textures.

We will also use an HDR image and a few lights to lit our final scene, and make some amazing renders.

This course focuses on creating the 3D character you can see in the promo video, but you can use the techniques you learn here to create any other cartoon character you want.

I’m confident that at the end of this course you will have a solid understanding of the 3D modeling process and you will be able to start creating your own 3D characters.

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone interested in improving their Cinema 4D skills.
This course is for 3D sudents who want to take their skills to the next level.
This course is not for complete 3D beginners, although they will also enjoy and learn a lot from it.

3D Character Creation in Cinema 4D: Modeling a Happy Monster

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Welcome!2 lectures • 2min

Modeling the Character4 lectures • 21min

Modeling Additional Elements5 lectures • 21min

UV Mapping4 lectures • 37min

Sculpting the Character3 lectures • 16min

Texturing - Hand Painted Color Maps4 lectures • 19min

Lighting and Rendering the Scene5 lectures • 18min

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